Republicans feeling blue as Scott Brown win backfires — Republican folk hero Sen. Scott Brown is being taunted by triumphant Democrats - and slammed by irked conservatives - after the historic health-care bill he was elected to kill was signed into law by President Obama yesterday.

Tea Party Could Hurt GOP In Congressional Races, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Dems Trail 2-Way Races, But Win If Tea Party Runs — Only 13 percent of American voters say they are part of the Tea Party movement, a group that has more women than men; is mainly white and Republican …

FBI investigates Virginia incident — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the discovery of a cut propane gas line at the Virginia home of Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-Va.) brother, whose address was targeted by tea party activists angry at the congressman's vote for the health care bill.

Severed gas line found at home of Perriello brother — Updated: 1:55 p.m. Federal and local authorities are investigating a severed gas line at the home of U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello's brother, discovered the day after Tea Party activists posted the address online so opponents could “drop by” …

Repeal Means Repeal — By: Jeffrey H. Anderson — Less than three days after the passage of Obamacare, many Republicans are already losing their stomach for the fight. As Ezra Klein gleefully — but aptly — observes over at the Washington Post, “In about 12 hours, the GOP's position …

Gap in health care law's protection for children — WASHINGTON — Hours after President Barack Obama signed historic health care legislation, a potential problem emerged. Administration officials are now scrambling to fix a gap in highly touted benefits for children.

In Health Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth Inequality — For all the political and economic uncertainties about health reform, at least one thing seems clear: The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government's biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago.

A Tea Party Without Nuts — President Obama's winning passage of national health care is both exhilarating and sobering. Covering so many uninsured Americans is a historic achievement. But the president had to postpone trips, buy off companies and cut every conceivable side deal …

The backlash: Reform turns personal — Louise Slaughter and Bart Stupak have received death threats. — A tea party participant published what he thought was Thomas Perriello's home address and urged disgruntled voters to “drop by” for a “good face-to-face chat.”

Hail the Conquering Professor — The Democrats were walking around in a state of shock. — Holy cow, they were saying to themselves. We're not total wimps! We don't have to sit around and let ourselves be slapped silly by Republican bullies and Tea Party scaremongers.

Grassley: Look How Great This Health Care Bill Is — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has long been a vocal critic of the Democrat's health reform efforts, but he's started taking credit for some provisions of the bill, and talking up his own role in crafting the legislation.

After meeting, deafening silence — The Obama administration shifted this week from red hot anger at Benjamin Netanyahu to an icier suspicion of the Israeli prime minister, who made clear during marathon meetings with U.S. officials that he would give ground only grudgingly on their goal …

Senate Republicans refuse to work past 2 p.m. [Updated!] — “There is a little-known rule in the Senate stating that hearings can't happen after 2:00 p.m. each day without unanimous consent,” explains Amanda Terkel. “However, every day, at the start of business, the Senate generally agrees …

Pence to address Iowa Republicans on eve of Obama visit — (CNN) - Here's the latest sign Rep. Mike Pence is mulling a possible presidential run in 2012: the Indiana Republican will address an anti-health care reform rally in Iowa City Wednesday night. Pence will be beamed into the event …

Men leave their own mark on veganism — SOMERVILLE — For most of his life Joe McCain subsisted on pepperoni and sausage pizza, steak bomb subs, and anything “fried, fried, or fried.” In other words, says the Somerville police detective with a shaved head, snowy beard, and tattoos cascading up his arms …

Breakthrough Is Reported in U.S. Arms Pact With Russia — WASHINGTON — President Obama and his Russian counterpart, President Dmitri A. Medvedev, have broken through a logjam in their arms control negotiations and expect to sign a new treaty in Prague next month that would slash American …

TARP watchdog blasts Obama housing program — The Obama administration's $75 billion program to help homeowners risks failure by, “merely spreading out the foreclosure crisis,” a top government watchdog said Tuesday. — Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general over the $700 billion …

Polling on Presidential Pejoratives — Whatever profoundly negative things people might think about Barack Obama, a new poll out today demonstrates splendidly how not to measure them. — It nails the negativity, all right; this project purports to tote up responses to a list of harsh criticisms …